Around £1500 for a build! Help me spend it!

[Josh Weston]

What does the added ohmage provide? Extra clarity, right? Is it that noticeable between an 80ohm and a 250ohm?

 

[PEXON]

If you drive the 250/600 ohm versions with a powerful amp they will outperform the 80's, but only if they are provided juice.

 

[Josh Weston]

I have an Onkyo AV Receiver lying around, wonder if it could drive a 600ohm headphone
Time to Google.

 

[Ashton187]

Not as well as a proper amp. Its getting power from a 1x PCI lane and not mains, like amps do.

Well Stereophile ( http://www.stereophile.com/content/asus-xonar-essence-ststx-soundcards-follow-september-2010 ) said this:

And the fact that their maximum output level can be adjusted to match the impedance and sensitivity of your 'phones

The output impedance of the ¼" headphone jack was 10.7 ohms at all frequencies and settings, which is usefully low.

Not to sure what this means :lol: .

 

[PEXON]

Thats just the impedance of the jack. If you insufficiently drive the 250's their bass will be poor, they will be quiet and wont sound like they should.

 

[Ashton187]

Thats just the impedance of the jack. If you insufficiently drive the 250's their bass will be poor, they will be quiet and wont sound like they should.

Ok, so the 10.7 ohms on the jack that the card produces isnt high enough for 250ohm headphones?

 

[PEXON]

No, it means the jack on the headphones causes 10 ohm of impedence.

 

[Ashton187]

No, it means the jack on the headphones causes 10 ohm of impedence.

From Asus's website:

Built-in headphone amp
A high-quality TI TPA6120A2 headphone driver supports headphones up to 600ohms of impendence with lower than 0.001% distortion. Drive your headphones as intended without additional amplification

So i think 250 ohms headphones should be fine.

 

[PEXON]

Up to you, but as I said, without A PROPER AMP the 250's won't sound as good as from a soundcard.

 

[Ashton187]

Let the ordering commence!

The ordering has started!

First prblem!

Intel Core i5-3570K take 1866MHz RAM Speed in a MSI Z77A-GD65?

Ideas?

 

[jamesriley94]

What? I dont understand the question

 

[Ashton187]

What? I dont understand the question

Yeah ignore me, i was panicing i wouldnt make next day delivery so i was concerned the memory wouldnt be compatible.

The problem that has developed now is will the cpu cooler fit the motherboard, due to that huge cooler just to the top of the cpu.

 

[jamesriley94]

Can you list the specs again please?

 

[Ashton187]

Can you list the specs again please?

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz
Noctua NH-D14
Corsair Obsidian 650D
MSI Z77A-GD65
Samsung 128GB SSD 830
Corsair Professional Series AX650
Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro 250ohms
Corsair Vengeance K90
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
8GB Mushkin Radioactive
Samsung SH-S222BB/RSMS
Asus Xonar Essence ST
Windows 7

KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 4096MB

 

[jamesriley94]

It'll all fit fine, dont worry. Few users here run the same config

 

[Ashton187]

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz
Noctua NH-D14
MSI Z77A-GD65
Samsung 128GB SSD 830
Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro 250ohms
Corsair Vengeance K90

Are all on there way, should be delivered tomorrow :drool:

 

[WillSK]

wow that's a hefty sound set up. i'm assuming you do music production etc. on your pc as well coz for gaming surely that's overkill. (very jealous though)

 

[Ashton187]

wow that's a hefty sound set up. i'm assuming you do music production etc. on your pc as well coz for gaming surely that's overkill. (very jealous though)

I don't do anything with music apart from listen to it! :lol:

Thing is i see the sound card as an investment, it should do me for at least the next 5-6 years and the headphones i just want quality and thats what i found.

 

[PEXON]

After all my advice you are still going for the 250 ohm and a soundcard. GREAT!

 

[Josh Weston]

Why don't they power the soundcard with a 6pin, and let it drive heftier headphones? -_-